writing challenge 2024

EEEK! Where did October go? I have nothing new written! Well, I did add some chapters to the draft of book 2 in La Yacata Revolution (and help our community get electricity), but I don’t expect to publish that book anytime soon. There are still so many projects to complete.

And I actually don’t expect to be overly productive in November or December (NaNoWriMo or not). But having said that, maybe I’ll surprise myself and finish the year out with a bang! (probably not).

On the writing front, I’ve been playing with the idea of making a compilation of the Woman’s Survival Guide series but haven’t started that either. I feel like I need just one more book in the series (a book geared towards preparations BEFORE the move to Mexico) before I can make a nice series. We’ll see what I can accomplish this month.

How is your writing going?

Although I’m pretty proud of my six books in 2023, I haven’t finished my WIP (works in progress) list. So, here I come, 2024 Writing Challenge!

My favorite topic to write about by far is herbs, so we’ll start the year off with that. I have three WIPs in this category right now: Herb Book #5, Wellness Garden, and Women’s Remedies.

In the Woman’s Survival Guide series, I have a Making the Moving to Rural Mexico Survival Guide in the works and want to revise the Healthcare book.

In the Yacata series, I’m living (and recording) the next book in La Yacata Revolution series, so that might not be done this year. However, I have drafts in various stages of completion related to employment, building a house, and homesteading life. I will probably need to revise the Revolution book depending on the outcome of my efforts this year.

In the Animal Antics series, there are two WIPs (Chicklets & Chogs and Battling Nature) that I bet I could finish up this year.

I also have two WIPs in the Women in the Bible series, one being an activity book and the other focused on Jacob’s family.

Finally, the Lupita series is intended to be 12 books in all, but I’ve only one out, so the next Lupita book focusing on a tamalada (tamal-making family gathering) is what I’d like to work on this year.

That makes 12 WIPs with two revisions and probably more than I can accomplish in a year. So, to be realistic, I’d like to do one book from each series. Thus, the ultimate goal is six books for 2024. Aim high, right?